Introduction
The Plesiosaurus is a marine sauropterygian reptile. We added an LED eye and some Maker Tape to ours!
Tools
Parts
Video Overview
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Print off the template, trace it, and cut out your Plesiosaurus body parts.
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Use tape or glue to assemble the two parts together.
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If you plan on freehand cutting your body, be sure to read all the directions first. Pay special attention to how we create the battery holder.
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Bend both LED legs 90 degrees.
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Stick the long positive leg through the paper. It may help to cut a small slit in the paper.
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Run a piece of tape along the front of your Plesiosaurus, covering the negative LED leg.
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Run a piece of tape covering the positive LED leg, down and then over to the round battery holder piece.
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The tape should wrap around the round part to the front side of the Plesiosaurus.
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You can choose to make a right angle turn or overlap multiple pieces of tape. Either method will work with Make Tape because it's conductive on all sides.
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Place the battery so that bottom (negative) side is over the negative line of tape.
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Fold down the round battery holder section on the back so that the positive line of tape make contact with the top of the battery.
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The LED should turn on!
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Use a binder clip to hold the battery in place.
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To "Turn Off" the project, just remove the binder clip.
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Since Maker Tape is conductive on both sides you can use it to make a tape loop that helps hold your battery in place.
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If you wanted to, you could use two tape loops (one for each side of the battery) and turn on and off your circuit without the need of a binder clip.
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Check out our other Dino Friends; T-Rex, Triceratops, and Pterodactyl.
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